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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 27,2018 Page 9 Mayor Roe indicated they could extend this with the applicant's approval. Councilmember McGehee noted this is something they have talked about fre- quently and is problematic. Councilmember Willmus asked staff how long the process would take if they were to look at creating a Neighborhood Business 2 Zoning designation. Mr. Lloyd explained the first step in the process would be for staff to hold an open house meeting with property owners and surrounding neighborhood busi- nesses, as they have done with the potential changes in the Comprehensive Plan designations over the last year. Then there would be a public hearing at the Plan- ning Commission and City Council action. That would probably be a three- month endeavor if the direction was given today to work through that process. Ms. Collins thought some of the concerns revolve around what happens to the site should the use intensify. Whether that be an intensification or a change to the queue lane, or intensification to the structure; however, they could build in a con- dition as a part of a conditional use process or approval that says any sort of inten- sification to the use shall trigger a review by staff or a new conditional use appli- cation process. Mr. Gaughan explained the Council can, as long as there is a rational basis for it, include whatever conditions they would like. It is best to have the conditions spelled out in Code so that could be a part of the amendment to this portion of the Code, language to that effect. Mayor Roe stated there are a couple of paths the Council could go down to amend the interim use approval standards process that would allow for an extended time of interim use approval. He personally thought there were some potential pitfalls to that which he is a little concerned about. Or they could take a pause in the pro- cess of looking at this conditional use and add further condition language that the Council may suggest and come back with language that would involve some ex- tension of the sixty-day period. Potentially, the process is still running up against the end of October deadline for interim use. The other possibility is to look at the Neighborhood Business 2 district creation, which he was not one hundred percent sure is the cleanest and best approach, because then they get into the process of deciding which ones are or are not and there are small little clusters of properties around the City already that he did not have a clear understanding of how that might work. He stated it might be better to get stringent with the conditions if they wanted to go that way. The third option is to leave it not permitted. Mayor Roe asked if there was a desire by the Council to look at something that was a little more permanent and also put in the necessary safeguards, which they want to put into any District, and especially if it is in a neighborhood. He thought